God is not a man— The prophet is here compelled, in the strongest manner, to proclaim his own folly, and the vain expectation of the king of Moab; asserting, that it is not to be imagined that the high God is subject to the uncertain humours and fluctuating passions of weak mortals; or that he can be induced by sacrifices, by prayers, or by any other means, to break his word, or falsify his promise. Respecting God's repenting, see the note on Genesis 6:6. They must be extremely dull who are insensible to the sublimity of this passage.
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Numbers 23:19
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good